A vacant East Cherry Street storefront is on tap to be transformed into a new eatery in the coming weeks.
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Expanded SID likely means 5% tax hike for new lots
Commercial properties that will be new to the expanded Special Improvement District (SID) in 2015 are likely to see what amounts to a nearly 5-percent increase on their property tax bill.
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Closing looms for Elizabethtown Gas site
Closing on the acquisition of the Elizabethtown Gas building on Central Avenue could come this month, with an application to the Planning Board possible later this year that would bring affordable housing for artists to the site.
The top posts of 2014
Another year is in the books, so what better time than the final day of the year to look back and see what turned out to be the most popular posts of 2014.
What store would you like to see downtown?
An illness and the holidays teamed up to give me some time off but we’re back now with the first poll in awhile. It often comes up in reader discussion and comments, so here goes:
Revised plan presented for Center Circle site
A new concept plan for a residential development at the Center Circle site on Main Street would see roughly the same number of units but one building as opposed to three separate structures.
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Speakers mixed on expansion of SID
About two dozen people spoke before City Council on Monday night, drawing one of the largest crowds to a public hearing in recent memory, for an ordinance to expand the Special Improvement District (SID), including supporters, opponents and others pleading for more information and time to consider the impact.
SID expansion approved
After nearly an hour of public comments that ranged from support to opposition to delaying for more time to discuss and understand the issue, City Council approved expanding the Special Improvement District (SID) from the downtown area (138 properties) to all commercial properties citywide (closer to 440 properties).